Corporate Accountability under Socio-Economic Rights by Jernej Letnar Černič
represents an important contribution to the broader discussions about non-state
actors in the economic globalization and their roles, impacts and contributions
to better govern free trade and the regulation of the global expansion of world
trade with the objective of reducing or eliminating the related risks and damages
occurring to Non-Trade Concerns (NTCs).
As Founder, President and Director of gLAWcal – Global Law Initiatives for
Sustainable Development, I can say that the theoretical frameworks and conceptualization
of NTCs – which are at the centre of the gLAWcal book series
on “Global Law and Sustainable Development” and “Transnational Law and
Governance”, both published by Routledge Publishing (New York/London) –
include some of the core societal values such as good governance, human
rights, right to water, rights to food, social, economic and cultural rights, labour
rights, access to knowledge, public health, social welfare, consumer interests,
animal welfare, climate change, energy, environmental protection and sustainable
development, product safety, and food safety and security.2